It is the mission of FTS to zealously fight systemic issues of economic and social injustice by responding to issues identified by impacted communities, advocating with and on behalf of such communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$4K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $293K a year · 28% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$4K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
32 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 31.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $758K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$94K
×25 vs prior year
Spent
$20K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$77K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$94K
FY2020▲ ×25
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$4K
FY2020$94K
FY2021$396K
FY2022$894K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$2.1M
Expenses
$20K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019Not on file
FY2020$20K
FY2021$260K
FY2022$479K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$77K
FY2020▲ ×28
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$3K
FY2020$77K
FY2021$213K
FY2022$628K
FY2023$704K
FY2024$897K
FY2025$1.8M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2020.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $12K Management & general 37% · $7K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $4K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$3,500Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member - Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member - Treasure
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member - Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alesha S Brown’s $89K as Executive Director is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alesha S Brown$89,358$78,895$75,980$79,992$38,052—
Stacey Hamilton$63,852$61,931$61,396$65,000$16,738—
Erica Gibson——$56,656$62,796——
Tammy Taylor————$20,288—
Alesha Brown—————$3,500

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Fights racial and social injustice through outreach, policy, and legal action for communities.

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3 programs · $12K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Community Response Team

The Community Response Team responds to any issues involving racial and/or social injustice in the community. The response to such issues may be in the form of education, outreach, community engagement, policy, and/or legal action.

$10Kprogram expense
02

The Eatmon Project

This progam focuses on educating youth about issues of racial and social justice for purposes of engaging youth to actively educate, empower and engage other members of the community about such issues.

$3Kprogram expense
03

SaluteU is an all-encompassing program that assists individuals who were formerly incarcerated or engaging in activities likely to lead to incarceration with various services to help them engage and reenter into society with gainful employment, housing, medical care, education and more.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$94K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$94K
Money outPt IX
$20K
Ln 25
Programscol B$12K
Managementcol C$7K
Owns and owesPt X
$77K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$52K
Total assetsLn 16$77K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$94K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Total revenueLn 12$94K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$52K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$52K
Total assetsLn 16$77K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$77K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3K$52K
Total assetsLn 16$3K$77K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$3K$77K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$3K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7K$4K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$756$955
Office expensesLn 13$1K$313$991
InsuranceLn 23$244$244
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$4K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$20K$12K$7K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.1M$1.2M$899K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$1.5M$157K$897K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.1M$75K$704K 990 PDF
FY2022 $894K$479K$415K$628K 990 PDF
FY2021 $396K$260K$136K$213K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $94K$20K$74K$77K 990 PDF
FY2019 $4K$3K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $93,838 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,795$93,838
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,795$93,838
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$10,100
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $0$9,541
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$19,641
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,795$74,197
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $93,838 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$93,838
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$93,838
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$93,838
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $19,641 across 6 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $3,000$3,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,100 · Management $3,000$7,100
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $756 · Management $955$1,711
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $313 · Management $991$1,304
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $244$244
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,261 · Management $2,021$6,282
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,430 · Management $7,211 · Fundraising $0$19,641
Part X · Balance sheet $76,968 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,771$51,968
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$25,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,771$76,968
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,771$10,468
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$66,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,771$76,968
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,771$76,968
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $76,968 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$93,838
XI-2 Total expenses$19,641
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$74,197
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,771
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$76,968

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